WELLINGTON, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- The latest census published on Monday showed that New Zealand's resident population in March 2018 was nearly 4.7 million, an increase of 10.8 percent since the 2013 census.
The number of Chinese people in New Zealand makes up nearly 5 percent of the total population, it showed.
A third of New Zealanders live in the Auckland region, with the population there increasing by 11 percent in the five years since the 2013 Census.
"Auckland's population is almost three times that of the country's next most populous region, Canterbury," census general manager Kathy Connolly said.
The census found that New Zealand population has grown at its fastest rate in 50 years.
"The census counts indicated that 60.9 percent of New Zealand's population growth since 2013 was in the four northernmost regions, and these regions account for over half of New Zealand's population," she said.
